50cc YAK 54 ARF - Quick Build $629.95
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75cc YAK 54 ARF - Quick Build $795.95
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100cc YAK 54 ARF - Quick Build $1049.95
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FEATURES:
- Great design for precision aerobatics
- Strong Light Weight Construction
- Complete and Detailed Instruction Manual
- Painted and Pre mounted 7075 Aluminum Landing gear
- Complete High Quality SAE Hardware Package Included
- Machined aluminum engine stand offs included
- 6061 T-6 Anodized Aluminum Wing Tube
- 6061 T-6 Anodized Aluminum Stab Tube
- Professionally covered in ULTRACOTE
- Pre-Hinged from factory (Ready to Fly) No gluing. Robart type.
- Large control surfaces double beveled for maximum throw
- Pre Mounted Fiberglass Cowl and Wheel Pants
- Pre Mounted and Tinted Canopy / Hatch assembly
- Canister & Pipe READY!
- Throw meter for control surfaces is included
- Pre installed and fuel proofed engine box
- Laser cut engine mounting templates provided
- 2 fuel tanks provided - 1 for gas, 1 for smoke
- 8 to 10 Hours assembly Time

 
SPECSYAK 54YAK 54YAK 54
Size 50cc 80cc 100cc
Wingspan 85" 94" 104"
Wing Area 1409 sq in 1650 sq in 1960 sq in
Length 74" 82" 95" (inc spinner)
Weight 18+ lbs 22+ lbs 27 lbs+
Wing Loading 29.5 oz/sq ft 29 oz/sq ft 32 oz/sq ft
Engine DA-50 ZDZ-80 DA-100
Servo - Throttle Hitec HS-5625 or HS-625 Digital is better for accuracy though may burn out the pot due to vibration.
Radio 6 channels minimum - dual elevator, flaperons, exponential, and mixes are nice (see my article on radio set up and how to be an awesome pilot)
 
FULL SCALE INFORMATION:

YAK 54

YAK 55

 
Engine Vedeneyev M-14X 360 hp (269 kW) or M-14PF 400 hp (300 kW) 9 cylinder air-cooled radial
Propeller Variable pitch 2,5 m 3-blade MTV9
Wingspan 26.75' (321")
Length 22.7' (272.5")
Wing Area 138.6 ft
Basic Fuel Capacity 110 lbs
Basic Empty Weight 1596 lbs
Typical take off weight: 2183 lbs
Wing Loading 184 oz/sq ft (empty)
252 oz/ft2 (ready to fly)
Maximum Level Speed 170 mph
Velocity Not to Exceed 224 mph
Maximum Loading +9G -7G
 
NOTES:
Shipping - Shipping of 50cc is in 2 boxes 69"x 17"x 12" - 23 lbs and 41"x 24"x 6"- 20 lbs. Shipping of 75cc is in 3 boxes: Fuse - 67" x 18" x 13" - 23 lbs, Wings 45"x 25"x 7" - 20 lbs, Cowl 14" x 13" x 12" - 5 lbs. Shipping of 100cc is in 3 boxes: Fuse - 76" x 22" x 16" - 15 lbs, Wings 50"x 29"x 7" - 20 lbs, Cowl 17" x 13" x 16" - 5 lbs. Shipping is from Colorado via DHL.

Highest quality wood ARF available.
Aeroworks worked on this for over 1 1/2 years to get the most perfect wood ARF made today. This plane is built in a totally new facility by extremely high caliber craftsmen. The video shows off the Aeroworks Yak 54's 3D capabilities as well as its ability to fly precision. You get the best of both worlds. The huge wing offers a wing loading so low that it flies like a trainer. This is one of the best planes available for a pilot's first gas plane, however, in the hands of an experienced pilot, this plane will do any maneuver with ease as well.

Quick Build means even more work is done to the plane than ever before. The canopy is installed! The control surfaces are hinged! Wheelcuffs and landing gear are finished and ready to install. If there was something we could do for you ahead of time, we did it!

The Yak is one of the best designs for precision aerobatics. The most obvious proof of this is to simply look at pattern planes. Pattern planes are not scale planes. Pattern planes are simply the best shape of an airplane to fly at the very highest level of precision. Pattern planes have been tweaked and tweaked for decades. The shape of the rudder, the placement of the rudder, the placement of the stabs, the placement of the wing towards the centerline of the plane, the use of double tapered wings, the thrust line of the engine, all have been massaged to make the ultimate flying machines. Is it true that no pattern plane has a round cowl or fuselage like a Yak, however this fuselage design is not too bad, and the rest of the characteristics are as good as then can get!

Three important design factors of a great flying aircraft follow. The Aeroworks Yak 54 is well designed in all of these areas.

1) Low pitch coupling - when the rudder is applied, most aerobatic planes pitch to the belly. Reducing this is extremely difficult to do. The relationship between the thrustline, wing location, stab location and rudder shape are critical. Typically the stab is located on the thrustline, the wing is just a little low, and the rudder area above and below the thrustline is as even as possible. If incorrectly designed, serious flying problems result. When you are flying straight and level and you use the rudder to adjust the flight path, or if you are flying knife edge, or if you are simply flying a loop and you are using rudder to stay on track, the last thing you want is the plane to pitch down with the application of rudder. This can be controlled with mixing in a computer radio, but cannot be eliminated in all aspects of flying. If the plane isn't designed for low pitch coupling, then it will be a real handful to fly precisely.

2) Low roll coupling
- when the rudder is applied the plane may roll. This is due to the dihedral in the wing and the shape and position of the rudder. The more the dihedral the more the plane will roll with rudder (called proverse roll coupling), however, too little dihedral will make the plane roll the other way (called adverse roll coupling). This must be designed in during the prototype stage so that there is none. This can be designed into any aerobatic plane. Just the same as above, when you apply rudder, you want yaw only, no pitching, no rolling. This really shows up in slow rolls. You will noticeably see the roll rate of the plane speed up and slow down when you use the rudder. This makes you look like a bad pilot.

3) Wing Loading - the relationship between the weight of the plane and the size of the wing. When you get a plane, starting off with a plane which comes out light is the first step. Starting with a heavy airframe is difficult (and expensive) to overcome. Keeping weight to a minimum is critical to many aspects of performance. This is something that the designer has control over - but the pilot can have a large influence on this as well. When we recommend parts to the pilot we suggest the lightest parts possible.
 
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WARNING - Gasoline and Turbine powered aircraft are not manufactured to withstand unlimited G's. Any aircraft can fail, be it a wing folding up or a fuselage breaking in half under too high of a load. Just as any full size aircraft, model aircraft have a maximum G rating. Because you are not in the plane flying it and experiencing the G's and reading the G-meter, it is more difficult to judge the G's on the aircraft, and it is very easy to exceed the limits of the aircraft. Understand that if you perform a snap roll, parachute, wall, blender, knife edge loop, or pull hard on the elevator at almost any speed, you can be putting in excess of 15 G's, even in excess of 30 G's, and most aircraft can only designed to take 10-12 G's. If you perform any violent maneuver, you can break your plane. When I perform hard maneuvers, especially for the first time on an airframe, I am prepared for a failure and am prepared for it as best I can be. This mainly includes performing the maneuver far enough away from spectators that in event of a failure that I am not endangering others. In addition, be prepared for the manufacturer to not pay for a new airframe which is broken during flight. It is common practice for any manufacturer to not replace an airframe which breaks in the air or upon landing. I have only seen manufacturers replace airframes when they have received many of the same failures and the manufacturer determines that there was a design or manufacturing error. If you break an airframe, and you are the only one to do so, then it is probably not the fault of the manufacturer. Please fly safely, and avoid full throttle operation other than at low airspeeds.